Verstappen's Nurburgring Debut: 24-Hour Qualifiers

0:00It's April 2nd. You're listening to F1 News today, AI-powered coverage of your team. I'm Cory with the story. Max Perstapin, the four-time form-of-the-one champ from Red Bull, is jumping into the 24-hour qualifiers at the Nürburgring Norge Life This Weekend on 18-19, April. He'll team up with Lucas Hour for two-four-hour races, one Saturday evening and one Sunday, thanks to the cancellations of form-of-the-one rounds-in, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia over the Iran conflict. These qualifiers run on the full 25.378-kilometer loop, longer than the usual track series version. For Stapin's been eyeing this shot to hit the Norge Life in the dark, ahead of the big 24-hour endurance race, with sunset at 8.30pm and the first race stretching to 9.30pm. Fans lit up social media after spotting him at a test day just two days post-Japan Grand Prix, fueling his winward Mercedes AMG GT3 at the famous.

1:00Doddinger-Hohey gas station. He called it fast and fun out there, especially after nailing a rainy lap wish that got sideline from a prior win. This marks his first race with hour, rounding out practice with all his 24-hour teammates, since the others are racing in Imola for the world, endurance championship that same weekend. For Stapin's keeping the momentum rolling from track to track, setting up what could be another epic run at the Green Hell.